A VETERAN OF MONS
OLD BUS GOES WITH DRIVER TO GRAVE.
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, 12th October.
Old Bill, the general omnibus which served with the "Old Contemptibles," was a mourner at Forest Hill Cemetery, when Samuel Downing, who drove tho bus at Amiens, was buried. The nine cofiin-bearers rode on Old Bill, which was loaded with wreaths, and accompanied the coffin to tho graveside.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 91, 14 October 1926, Page 11
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65A VETERAN OF MONS Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 91, 14 October 1926, Page 11
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